Country size comparison

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New Caledonia is about 6 times smaller than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while New Caledonia is approximately 18,575 sq km, making New Caledonia 18.05% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.3 million people (4.0 million fewer people live in New Caledonia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. New Caledonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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